Molly Hogan

Biography

Molly lives and works in Truckee, California. In addition to writing fiction, she enjoys both skiing and snowboarding. She worked for almost four years on the options floor of the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. After years of therapy, she is finally able to share her stories of this unique experience.

Sal and Slide slam leather cups on the bar at Murphy's; the game is Liar's Dice. The two clerks on the floor of the California Board Options Exchange are "tuning up" for a run across the Gate to a new massage parlor that options market maker DC told them about. Of course, every massage at the "Happy Happy" comes with a happy ending!

Sal Finagle crashes the Bear Capital Holiday party; there are lipstick lesbians in top hats; a girl popping out of a cake; and between the trail mix, the cocaine, and the whiskey, this ne'er do well will never learn! Warning:Graphic and for Adults only!

Sal wakes up in the middle of a bad dream. Even though he's gotten fired, he's still planning on crashing the Bear Capital Holiday party. He needs to make change and reaches into a Salvation Army kettle. He forgets to donate his hundred as he pulls out two twenties and a five. Warning, graphic and for Adults only!

Dragon Lady gets called to her boyfriend Gentleman Jim's office, JD is there, and a lady from the HR department of the California Board Options Exchange. The gig is up. After, JD burns the tattoo of the Sphinx from her thigh, Sal calls. He's got an eight ball of blow and it's going to be a "White Christmas!" Warning: Graphic and for Adults only!

A policeman stops by the Rosewater's to ask James Rosewater questions about a charge that the Rosewater's former nanny Antonia has lodged against him of sexual harassment. Karen Rosewater decides to get to the bottom of her husband's shenanigans. Warning graphic and for Adults only!

Sal chases after his friend Slide to get his car keys. Slide is too messed up to drive and Sal doesn't want his friend to get hurt. Along the way they pass through Halloween on Haight Street. Witches, foam rubber dicks, Snow White and more!!! Warning graphic and for Adults only!

Sal and Slide leave Fox's party to snort cocaine; there's nothing to chop the drug up on so Sal rips off the tail view mirror from Slide's expensive car's windshield. Slide is not pleased but he still does Sal a carnal favor. Warning: Graphic and for Adults Only!

Sal's hanging with the troops at the Gold Club; Dragon Lady's upstairs in the Rose Room making out with a stripper. Mel stops by and the drinks are on him. He's a main purveyor of blow to the club and has "privileges." Warning Graphic and for Adults Only!

Slide goes off to park; Sal's alone at Fox's Halloween party in the Haight. He meets a girl dressed as a bee; they shot gun a pipe full of hash. He sees his friend the bartender at Murphy's Nicole. She wanted to come as "Cat Woman" but she couldn't find her ears so she came dressed as a "slut." Sal meets a dude with an earring; the dude has a pipe full of DMT. Warning: Graphic and for Adults only!

Slide gives Sal a ride over to Fox's big Halloween party on Haight Street; Sal goes in first while Slide parks; Sal goes into Fox's bedroom to throw his coat on the bed and gets more than he bargained for! Warning: Graphic and for Adults Only!

Sal, Slide, and Tiny go to Vegas for a party to congratulate Gentleman Jim on the conception of the baby in Dragon Lady's belly. Of course, Gentleman Jim isn't invited. Along the way, the three men run into a limo driver with bitter memories of the strife in the former Yugoslavia. The boys' solution...? More drugs! Warning: Graphic for Adults only!

Sal and Dragon Lady are hanging out in Dragon Lady's office at the Exchange; he pulls out his bullet filled with cocaine. As the two get high, they talk about her baby to come, a trip Sal took to Mexico where he saw a "donkey show" and how Dragon Lady likes to expose herself to passing cars and bystanders on Montgomery Street from time to time. Warning--graphic and for Adults Only!

Sal and Belle go across the street to a motel from the Spearmint Rhino to party. He decides to buy a cigar. The cigar is a large "Churchill." He finds out Belle's real name. He finds out that the stripper has a son. She tells him about the porn on Channel 8. He turns the TV on but then decides to turn it off! Warning: Graphic and for Adults only!

Dragon Lady dolls herself up for the SEC's visit to the trading floor of the California Board Options Exchange (CBOE.) The tour is going well until Sal ruins everything with a box of Krispy Kremes! Warning: Graphic and for Adults Only!

Dragon Lady needs a Daddy for her baby and Gentleman Jim is balking at taking a paternity test. Dragon Lady calls his pregnant wife to let her know that her husband has another bun in the oven in another woman's belly! Karen's upset and then takes matters into her own hands. More sexy shenanigans at the California Board Options Exchange! Warning: Graphic and For Adults Only!

Gentleman Jim desires to join "The Inner Sanctum;" "The Wizard" demands that he prove himself. With a digital camcorder, wire cutters, and a dress, Gentleman Jim, Floor Governor of the California Board Options Exchange and Chairman of the Ethics and Business Conduct Committee sets off on foot to Mills College, an all-girls institution in the Oakland Hills. Warning--graphic and for Adults Only!

Sal needs to deliver a "Get Well" card to Slide; along the way, he stops at the Market Street Cinema with Mack, and Mack's new clerk CAR. The three men get a vivid demonstration as to the laws of supply and demand. Warning--graphic and for adults only!

It's 4 am and DC's late for work; Europe's in a tail spin and Asia closed down hard. But before he can drive to the trading floor of the California Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and start hedging a bad overnight position, he has to drop his son off at his son's grandmother's house. Life isn't easy for a single dad! Warning: Graphic and for Adults only!

Sal, Slide, and Tiny take a road trip from the options floor of the California Board Options Exchange (CBOE) to visit Las Vegas's famous gentleman's club "Spearmint Rhino." It's a party to congratulate Gentleman Jim without him! Sal's zooming on ecstasy and runs into Belle, a redhead who knows what she wants. She invites him across the street to play. Warning: graphic and for adults only!

Gentleman Jim's trading from home and his wife Karen has warned him not to distract Antonia, their housekeeper. James Rosewater, floor governor of the California Board Options Exchange and senior managing partner of Bear Capital swears that he won't but has a hard time keeping his word. Warning: graphic and for adults only!

Sal and Dragon Lady share a stall in the men's room at the Gold Club. After they get high, they head back upstairs to join the rest of the partying crew from the California Board Options Exchange (CBOE). There, Dragon Lady meets Angelica and the two women soon head to a more private lounge for a more intimate experience. Warning: Graphic and for Adults Only!

Gentleman Jim, senior managing partner of Bear Capital and a floor governor of the California Board Options Exchange (CBOE), is late for his meeting with Dragon Lady; he swears that it's his expensive "skeleton" watch's fault; she thinks otherwise. In the course of their meeting, she reveals to him shocking news. Warning: graphic and for adults only!

On their way to a massage parlor in Marin, California Board Options Exchange floor clerks Sal and Slide stop at Slide's parent's house. Slide's kid sister is going to her prom and wants to buy some blow. Warning: Graphic and for Adults only!

Two clerks Sal and Slide, from the trading floor of the California Board Options Exchange (CBOE) head over the Gate in Sal's BMW to check out yet again the massage parlor that DC, an options market maker in the DGN pit, told Sal about. They run over something along the way. Warning: Graphic and for Adults only!